Originally Posted by average_passenger

Don't x-ray technicians LEAVE the room when you get an x-ray? Here's a brilliant quote from this website about one tso's reaction to the radiation risks:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewr...ves/86199.html

UPDATE from Marc:
I flew from SFO to Long Beach Sunday night on Jet blue, which is located in the international terminal. When I got to the screening point the TSA agent was standing in the metal detector and motioning everyone into the porn scanner. I immediately said that I was opting out. I was told that I would have to “wait longer” and I replied “thats fine I can wait a little longer and take the extra few years of my life on the back end.” When it came time to do the screening the TSA agent, who was polite, asked what my reasoning was. I told him that I was a Chiropractor who was licensed to take X-RAYS and was very hesitant about unnecessary radiation. I also explained when taking X-rays I must wear a meter to measure X-ray radiation, and I asked, in a concerned voice, why the TSA staff wasn’t wearing these. He looked puzzled and at that point I explained that he and the rest of the staff should see an Oncologist every six months or so until the scientific studies come out fully detailing their safety. The TSA officials while amicable,actually look shell-shocked, as if they know they are stuck in a dead end job.